St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-09
The Twenty-Ninth Annual
Fair Of the State Agricul-
tural Society.
For Which Preparations Have
Been Going On For
Many Weeks.
Indications That by Tonight
the Exhibit Will be About
All Ready.
Minnesota Breeders Stake
Rares This Afternoon
Many Exhibitors.

! The twenty-ninth annual state fair
will open to-day at Hamline, but it will
not really begin in good earnest until
aeAt Monday, and, indeed, the manage
:nent does not expect everything to be
in readiness before that time. The race
track is in very bad condition. Stock
Is arriving slowly, and the various ex-
hibits are just getting into shape. A
great deal of activity was seen yester-
day in the main building under Assist
ant Superintendent Talmadge's ener-
getic supervision, and the manufac-
turers' and mercantile exhibits will
have presentable appearance probably
some time to-day. On Sunday the gates
of the fair grounds will be closed to the
public, SO say Secretary Hoard, Supt.
Cross and others of the management.
Yesterday was the usual perplexing
day of preliminaries. Everywhere was
activity and mud. The rain in the
afternoon did not help things along in
the slightest degree. 1t prevented exer-
cising the horses upon the track, al
though, it is true, some of the nags
we're given little practice in the morn
ing; and the unfavorable weather
stopped many from getting their eXhib-
its upon the grounds.
WHAT THEY WE'RE DOING.
Secretary Hoard was abstractedly
making out passes, and a force of clerks
was interested III the engrossing task OF
copying entries into the big entry book.
Supt. Bushnell and his assistants,
Messrs. Russell, Rodger and Terry were
hard at work yesterday getting harvest
ers, hay-rakes, carriages, wagons, ploWS,
mowers, etc, nicely arranged. Late in.
the afternoon the engine was started
and the power set running. and every
thing in that direction was satisfactory.
Wyinan Elliott is converting agricul7s
tural hall into wonderful picture of !
what the soil of the state produces, and
the exhibits Of the Northern Pacific,
Manitoba and the Milwaukee roads
ale almost ready fer inspection. The
at gallery. which SGpt. LSafpenteuIs has
succeeded in getting ready before any
thing else on the grounds, was visited
by Judges Volk, Flagg, Burton and Bass
Yesterday. Grattan, of Philadelphia,
the other judge, is expected to-day. Ali
OF the pictures were submitted to pre-
lininary inspection.
Supt Ives, of the dairy exhibit; Supt.
Johnson, of the sheep, swine and poul-
try department, and MIR. Prosser, M SUPER n
intendent of forage, arrived at the
grounds yesterday. Supt. Ives kept
watchful eye upon the ''Oleo" depart
ment, to see that none of the ''bogus''
got in with the big butter conSignments.
while Supt. Norrish, of
THE MAIN BUILDING
Supt, ProSser, of forage, Supt. Cooper.
OF gates, and General Supt. Cross hob
nobbed together and discussed the Incl
dental requisites of the big show.
Charles Chambers and Carl .Judson
talked horsetiesh and preserved COM
mendable equanimity as they prepared
stables for the coming races and ar
ranged the entries, for the Breeders
stakes.'' AT this late day Supt. john
son las discovered that he has neither
pens enough for sheep nor swine, and it
vail be necessary for the exhibitors
to double up. About 100 sheep came
yesterday, and probably 200 cattle. Bert
Chapel, the marshal, was taken up alto
gether with selecting his force of special
policemen. But amid all this general
hustling around there was one place
which looked deserted, and that was the
machinery hall-nOt the sheds or private
buildings. 1t is probable, however. that
tD-night will tell a different tale.
MUCH MACHINERY.
The big machinery exhibitors who
have their buildings already filled are:
The Mast. Buford q Burwell company,
Deere l. Company, the Mccormick Harvester
G. Aullman g. company, Walter A.
Wood and the st. Paul Storage, Forwarding
and Iml,lement company. Spaces outside
pany, Case d Willard. the Robert Thorp I'm
plement company, and the j. l. Case Imple-
ment company. In the new carriage hall are
several fine exhibits OF carriages by the j. II.
company, Mills Carriage company, E. Nj.
Hallowell d. Co., Columbus Buggy company.
Mast, Buford & Burwell company, Lacrosse
Malas Wallace Carriage company end the Courtland
good exhibits of machinery and implements
q Stoddard, W. II. Jones L. Co., r. H. Perry,
Van Brunt d Sons, A. s; Lamar, j.
George C. Bessemer, Deering 4
CO., Minneapolis Harvester Works
s, L. Sheldon, and A. Strunk; in Hall .sB,",
D. n. Osborne d Co., H. B. Morris, Mil
syndicate, Northwestern Implement COM
pany. Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, Hastings
Harvester company, Mclaughlin, Sheldon 4
Co., 81: M. Hooton, and the Thomas Manu-
featuring company, and in Hall c.
the Winona Wagon company. Gate City
Carriage company, j. H. Mailer company,
Emerson, Talcott & Co., j. B. Bushnell, Min
nesota Transfer Improvement company La
Crosse Plow works. Van Brunt, Milliken d
Co., Fremont Cultivator company, John
Ridge Implement company, Norwegian Plow
Fuller d johnson, w H. Coy, Nc
Avoy Gillen, Gennessee Manufacturing
company. Ludden d Campbell and the st.
Paul Plow works
Managers Collins, McCoy, Carey.
Cowes and Hawley were among the
busiest of the busy, getting the machin-
cry arranged so as to be unusually at
tractive.
FINE CATTLE.
Pierce, of Red Wing, is bringing ND a
herd of short-hOrnS, and Nichols Il Son,
Of Cresco, To-, of Holsteins, from the
Rochester fair. They will be here to-
morrow. f. A. Squires d Son, of Win |
nebago City, have their herd of Swiss |
cattle on the grounds. Leslie, of Vase |
ca, has herd of Holsteins, and Fair |
vale has herd of Jerseys here. Co.'S |
groves Le Sueur) two herds of Here |
fords, and P. ID. Brockway's herd of |
Jerseys will be here Saturday night. |
The cattle judges are not yet appointed, |
but j. Ii. MatherS, of Jacksonville, ILL.,, |
will doubtless be the expert for the beef |
cattle.
The judge for the sheep exhibit is |
James Scott. of Wabasha county, and E. |
Y. Bogart has been appointed by Supt. |
Johnson for the poultry exhibit. No |
Judge has yet been appointed for the |
swine department. Supt. Ives has ap- |
pointed as judges of the dairy division
). F. Dexter, of Chicago, and w. D. |
Hoard, of Fort Atkinson, and as referees |
Mai. e. G. Porter, president of the Min |